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Month: April 2005

  • Do You Hate Uniqlo?

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    Marxy offers up an interesting take on the recently released and RELAX-produced Uniqlo mook. As for the Seleqlo limited-time (guerrilla?) shop at the Rocket Gallery, it opened this weekend.

  • OK Fred Love

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    Warren Ellis gives the latest issue of OK FRED (5) the thumbs up. Cheers! If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, what are you waiting for?

  • GA Houses: Project 2005

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    If you have any interest at in current housing trends, you could do worse than checking out the “GA Houses: Project 2005” exhibition, that accompanies the recent release of the GA HOUSES mook. Our annual event examines the current trend of housing design from all around the world. 74 on-going house projects will be introduced.…

  • a-bridge

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    On my way back from work last Friday I stopped by Sangenjaya to meet up with Midori, and she brought me to what I think has become my new favorite cafe, a-bridge. Great atmosphere, funky furniture, a tiny gallery space, an outdoor deck on the roof… They also had lots of books laying around, including…

  • ART iT 7

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    The new issue of ART iT (7) is now out on newsstands. Among the items that feature Yamaguchi Sayoko on the cover there are quite a lot of masterpieces (like Steely Dan’s “Aja” album for example), and with a rewarding all-genre special this newest issue of ART iT is certainly one of them. The genre-crossing…

  • MeroMero Podcast

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    Jens Petersen has been doing his online MeroMero radio show — for lovers of Japanese music — for a few months now, and I’m very happy to report that the show, previously only available through a stream, is now podcast ready. I got him to use the Libsyn site (what we use for Radio OK…

  • Product Design

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    A shot from a recent exhibition at the Design Gallery in Ginza.

  • Under Attack

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    Help! Momus has sent an angry pack of UFOs at me!

  • Marxy Vs. Aichi

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    Marxy had a chance to check out the Expo in Aichi this past weekend, and he’s written about it, including loads of pics. I think I’ll be going sometime in June, with Yuko and her mother.

  • Mysterious Building

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    As I was walking from Shibuya to Harajuku the other day along Meiji Dori, I spotted this sign announcing the construction of a new building. Anyone know what this is?